Doing good in our own backyard
the University community’s efforts to assist Baltimore citizens
While we can tell the stories of countless UB individuals who continually work to better their local, national and global communities, the power of these acts is exponentially amplified when students, faculty, staff and alumni get together to do good.
Take, for example, UB’s annual Higher Education Readiness and Orientation for Exceptional Students, or HEROES Academy, which has brought to campus more than 700 students from eight area high schools since 2008. During a day chock full of college-level coursework (with a fun twist!), the students get a feel for UB’s campus and for a day in the life of a University student. UB’s faculty, staff and students have committed more than 2,000 volunteer hours since the program’s inception.
UB staff members contribute annually through their departments to provide holiday gifts to local families in need, and students, faculty, staff and alumni participate in annual Community Service and Make a Difference days, during which they take a break from campus and go into the community to provide free services to organizations.
But we don’t have to tell you about the good we do. You can see for yourself by clicking through our photo gallery.
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HEROES Academy
HEROES Academy students from Baltimore City College, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Catonsville High School, Eastern Technical High School, Towson High School and Western High School join Eubie for lunch at the Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric.
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HEROES Academy
UB staff escort high-school student participants in HEROES Academy along Mount Royal Avenue to their next class session.
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HEROES Academy
HEROES Academy high-school students participate in a mock trial with School of Law faculty in UB’s moot courtroom.
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HEROES Academy
HEROES Academy participants enjoy the day’s opening session with an ice-breaking game of UB Jeopardy!
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HEROES Academy
HEROES Academy participants work on an assignment during a class session on entrepreneurship—and it involves pasta!
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Neighbors in Need Winter Holiday Giving Activity
UB staff members in the Office of Auxiliary Enterprises demonstrate community (and holiday) spirit at work through participation in the Office of Government and Community Relations’ annual Neighbors in Need Winter Holiday Giving activity.
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Neighbors in Need Winter Holiday Giving Activity
The staff of UB’s Department of Procurement and Materials Management contribute wrapped gifts to sponsor a family through the Neighbors in Need Winter Holiday Giving activity.
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Make a Difference Day
UB students participate in the University’s annual Make a Difference Day in October 2012 by going door to door to promote Mount Royal Elementary School’s Walking School Bus program in area neighborhoods.
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Community Service Day
UB community members remove trash and clear away brush in the lots adjacent to CUPs Coffeehouse during the University’s annual Community Service Day in April 2013. CUPs stands for Creating Unlimited Possibilities, and the coffeehouse in southwest Baltimore employs at-risk youth.